Rasul Beg
Rasul Beg | |
|---|---|
Portrait of Rasul Beg of Soran | |
| Native name | ڕەسووڵ بەگ |
| Born | Late 18th century |
| Died | |
| Allegiance | Soran Emirate |
Service years | 1838–1847 |
Rank | Emir |
| Commands | Soran Emirate |
Conflicts | |
| Relations | Mustafa Beg (father) Mir Muhammad of Rawanduz (brother) |
Rasul Beg (Central Kurdish: ڕەسووڵ بەگ) was a Kurdish Emir of the Soran Emirate and the brother of Mir Muhammad of Rawanduz.[2][3] He was the last emir to rule the Soran Emirate in the first half of the nineteenth century.[4] After the death of Mir Muhammad Pasha in 1838, he succeeded him for a short period.[3][1][5]
Background
Rasul Beg was born in the late eighteenth century in the town of Rawandiz, within the Soran Emirate. He belonged to the Kurdish ruling family of the emirate. He was the son of Mustafa Beg and belonged to the powerful Kurdish aristocracy of the region. Rasul Beg's brother, Mir Muhammad Pasha, ruled the Soran Emirate from 1816 until his death and led the Rawandiz revolt under the banner of the Soran Emirate.[1][3][5]
Rule
Following the death of Mir Muhammad of Rawanduz, Rasul Beg assumed leadership of the emirate.[3]
Rasul beg participated in several wars during his reign and the most notable and his participation in the Crimean War.[6]
His rule was short-lived and took place during a period of regional instability, when the Ottoman Empire was attempting to strengthen its authority over the Kurdish regions and to subdue autonomous principalities such as the Soran Emirate[4][1][5] and the Bahdinan Emirate.[4][7]
References
- ^ a b c d "Der kurdische Fürst MĪR MUHAMMAD AL-RAWĀNDIZĪ genannt MĪR-Ī KŌRA von Jemal Nebez - E-Book". epubli (in German). Retrieved 7 October 2025.
- ^ Millingen, Osman Bey, originally Frederick (1870). Wild Life Among the Koords. Hurst and Blackett.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c d Bruinessen, Martin van (1992). Agha, Shaikh and State: The Social and Political Structures of Kurdistan. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 117. ISBN 978-1-85649-018-4.
- ^ a b c Ceylan, Ebubekir (30 August 2011). The Ottoman Origins of Modern Iraq: Political Reform, Modernization and Development in the Nineteenth Century Middle East. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-85772-041-2.
- ^ a b c Jwaideh, Wadie (2006). The Kurdish National Movement: Its Origins and Development. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press. ISBN 978-0-8156-3093-7.
- ^ "Der kurdische Fürst MĪR MUHAMMAD AL-RAWĀNDIZĪ genannt MĪR-Ī KŌRA von Jemal Nebez - E-Book". epubli (in German). Retrieved 7 October 2025.
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